China’s Narratives on Russia’s war on Ukraine in Central Europe

The report reviews Chinese narratives on the topic of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

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Behind the Ballot: Unmasking Influence Narratives in Czechia, Slovakia, and Poland’s EP Races

This report discusses disinformation environments in the Central European countries ahead of the June 2024 European Parliament elections.

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Major Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Narratives and Their Transmitters in Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia

The research brief looks into pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives in Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia and actors that propagate them.

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Infodemic and Societal Resilience in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland

The brief discusses the persisting challenge of the infodemic and explores strategies to counter it while enhancing the resilience of societies in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland.

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Relations between Belarus and China in 2020-2022: What lies behind the “all-weather partnership”

The report analyzes political and economic relations between the two countries in 2020-2022 and the main trends in official Belarusian rhetoric on the topic of bilateral relations.

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Belarus’s response to Covid-19 in the education sector

This brief provides an overview of the measures taken by the Belarusian state authorities in the education sector in response to the pandemic. It concludes that despite repeated declarations concerning the usefulness of remote learning over the past decade, little has been done in practice.

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Disinformation Resilience Index in Central and Eastern Europe in 2021

The 2021 Disinformation Resilience Index study covers four Visegrad countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) and six Eastern Partnership states (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine).

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The varied approaches of authoritarian post-Soviet countries to the coronavirus pandemic

Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Belarus, three personalist dictatorships, took striking and unique paths in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic which largely reflected the leaders’ personalities and types of political regimes.

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Digest of studies on Covid-19 and the implications for post-Soviet countries

The digest summarises twenty six briefs, analytical reports, academic articles, and other types of studies concerning COVID-19 implications for post-Soviet countries, which were released between March 2020 and May 2021.

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Eurasian States in Transition